A GivStory By Derri Smith | Not For Sale Tennessee

 Beyond my worst nightmares …

At 55, I am no stranger to suffering. I was regularly abused by my pastor father. I’ve walked intimately with loved ones through the trauma of rape, abuse, illness and divorce. But nothing in my past prepared me for what I encountered when I picked up a copy of  Not For Sale by David Batstone. I entered a world beyond my worst nightmares, where six year olds tout their sex trade skills to potential “customers”; thirteen year olds are sold in pairs to be raped at will and ten year old boys are made to club neighbors to death as initiation into forced “military” duty.

Only this wasn’t a nightmare, soon to be followed by a good morning. These stories are real and not just a few isolated cases of unspeakable horror; they are the plight of millions of children throughout the world. Commerce in human beings is, I learned, the second largest and fastest growing crime on the planet, affecting 27 million lives.

 In my own backyard?!

Desperation borne of such knowledge launched a quest to educate myself.  I was shocked to (continue reading…)

A few months ago we did a post about Not For Sales’s Slavery Map . If you didn’t get a chance to read it, you might want to check it out after you watch this video by Not For Sale Campaign .

Want to learn more about Human Trafficking? Not For Sale Campaign is hosting a global forum on Human Trafficking in Carlsbad, California October 8-9. They are giving a way a free audio book copy of Not For Sale, the book that began the movement if you register TODAY! Register at www.globalforumonhumantrafficking.org

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